Lighter



C. E. M MANAMAN LIGHTER March 15,1927. Q ,373

Filed Au 11. 1923 W), I 1 (J? I, IIIfIIII/I 1,1 [#22 I n zr u a ama Patented Mar. 15, 19 27. I

CHARLES E. MOMANAMAN, 0F sW Yz E, INDIANA.

' LIGHTER.

Application filed August 11, 1923. Serial No. 656,966.

Thisinvention relates to improvements in ignition devices and has for an object the provision of a device which may be applied to an oil burner to afford convenient means for lighting the wick. V

More specifically, the invention aims to provide an electric lighting device which may be attached to a burner (such as an oil stove burner) whereby the wick may be lighted by closing a circuit. 7

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated' in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim. g i

In the drawings l Figure 1 is a top plan view of the burner of anoil stove equipped with the invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1,, a fragmentary portion of the bottom of the stove being also shown.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates a portion of the bottom or base of an ordinary oil'stove having. a'burner suitably supported and spaced above the same, the said burner including an inner cylinder 11 and an outer cylinder 12. The

cylinders 11 and 12 are as usual, spaced:v

apart to accommodate a ick 13.

The outer cylinder 12 is of less height than the inner cylinder 11 and mounted upon this outer cylinder is a ring or annulus 13' whose upper edge is spaced slightly above the upper edge of the inner cylinder 11. This ring or annulus is reduced to provide a shoulder 14 which rests upon the outer'edge of the outer cylinder 12 so that the ring or annulus 13' will be removably held in place.

This ringor annulus is constructed of a suitable insulating material, such as porcelain or the like and has mounted thereon an ignition element or point 15.. This element with a push button switch 17 and the latter has connected thereto a conductor 18." A

15 is connected by means'of a conductor 16'" conductor 19 is connected to the inner cylin- 19 isalbattery 20 and a spark coil 21.

When a circuit is closed bythe operation ofthe push button switch 17, through the der 11 and connecting the conductors 18 and edge ofthe inner cylinder 11 and the wick will thus be ignited. I

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and'minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the ap-' pended claim.

Having described the invention what is claimed is An igniter of the character described com- 1 PI'ISIIIO a base, a pair of cylindrical members of diflerent diameters providing inner and outer sections respectively, the inner section extending above the upper periphery of its companion section, a wick interposed between the sections and having an appreciable portion exposed, a dielectric annulus having its lower portion'reduced in thickness mounted upon and encircling the outersec- 7 tion and having its enlarged portion resting upon the upper peripherythereof, a spark ing point carried by said annulus and in juxtaposition with the upper periphery of the innerrsection, electric conducting means connected with a suitable source of energy 'which is in; turn connected with the inner sectionwherebythe circuit when closed will cause a spark tojump from the sparking point to the upper periphery of'the inner section inorder that the wick may be ignited. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLES E; MOMANAMAN. 

